Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
Gerard Adamsis an Irish republican politician who is the president of the Sinn Féin political party, and a Teachta Dálafor Louth since the 2011 general election...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 October 1948
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
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Having been in America as recently as November, there will be some people clearly who support the peace process, who support Sinn Fein, who support the Irish cause, who will not agree with me going to Cuba, but I think they will accept and understand it.
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Here you see (Trimble) walking out of incomplete talks last week, orchestrating a campaign of mass intimidation and all that went with it, and then he walks back into the talks this morning.
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We hope that Mr. Blair will settle Mr. Trimble down and will bring him face-to-face with his responsibilities,
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For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.
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War some people glamorise war and glorify war. It's not nice, from whatever point of view you come from.
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There needs to be nationalist and republican confidence in unionism.
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I like to think I'm very grounded. I'm very grounded in my family. I'm very grounded in my community.
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Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfillment.
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The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.
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It's been a long time coming but the reality is that this process is at a crossroads.
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The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.
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The Good Friday Agreement and the basic rights and entitlements of citizens that are enshrined within it must be defended and actively promoted by London and Dublin.
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You can only judge anything that happened in the times, in the times that that happened.
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We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.